“I looked down at Jadon's angelic face and saw him in a way I'd never seen him before,” she added.

Craniopagus twins, the term for twins conjoined at the head, are very rare and have a low survival rate. In fact, 40 percent of cases result in babies being stillborn and for those that do survive, there is an 80 percent chance of them dying by the age of 2.

Goodrich explained that one of the conjoined twins always has to work overtime, doing double the work to ensure the other stays alive. In the case of the McDonalds, Jadon played this role, but Goodrich added that Anias has been gaining in strength since the surgery.

“I like that he’s starting to smile at other people,” Nicole said of Anias, WPIX reported. “He’s starting to trust people.”

Jadon and Anias will break the record for the fastest recovery from craniopagus surgery if they are moved to rehab as planned after Thanksgiving. It will only have been seven weeks since they were separated, and the current record stands at eight.

They will then move on to months of rehab, where they will both receive therapy.